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Imaging a live Linux system?
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 3:54 pm
by tanstaafl
Hello,
Ok, on to my Linux server...
Is it possible to Image a live/running Linux system, just like you can a live/running Windows system?
The only thing I find in the IFL User Manual talks about booting to the IFL rescue disk...
Re: Imaging a live Linux system?
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 4:03 pm
by tanstaafl
I have one bare metal system, and will soon have 2 linux VMs running on a VMware ESXi host.
I'd be perfectly happy booting the IFL disk then imaging the live/running systems over the network, if that will work reliably and provide consistent, working (restorable) images (and image diffs)...
Re: Imaging a live Linux system?
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:38 pm
by TeraByte Support(TP)
tanstaafl wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Ok, on to my Linux server...
>
> Is it possible to Image a live/running Linux system, just like you can a
> live/running Windows system?
>
> The only thing I find in the IFL User Manual talks about booting to the IFL
> rescue disk...
From Linux, only unmounted partitions should be imaged, since otherwise, files could be changing during the imaging process. Since the root and other important Linux partitions (such as /home, etc.) cannot typically be unmounted in a running system, you'll need to boot from IFL boot media and do the imaging from there to know you have a reliable image.
Re: Imaging a live Linux system?
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 12:15 pm
by DrTeeth
On Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:38:46 PST, just as I was about to take a herb,
TeraByte Support(TP) disturbed my reverie and wrote:
>Since the root and other important Linux partitions (such as /home, etc.) cannot typically be unmounted in a running system
Just for information, why cannot a PHYLock solution be used for Linux?
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Cheers,
DrT
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** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.
Re: Imaging a live Linux system?
Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 5:55 pm
by tanstaafl
TeraByte Support(TP) wrote:
> From Linux, only unmounted partitions should be imaged, since otherwise, files could
> be changing during the imaging process. Since the root and other important Linux
> partitions (such as /home, etc.) cannot typically be unmounted in a running system,
> you'll need to boot from IFL boot media and do the imaging from there to know you
> have a reliable image.
Bummer...
There has to be something out there that can Image a live/running linux system...